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PREPARING YOUR GSA PROPOSAL
Joe Hidalgo, CPCM
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RESPONDING TO A SOLICITATION• GSA wants you to be successful in getting a
Schedule – all eligibility factors notwithstanding• The Solicitation is in 3 sections – Administrative,
Technical and Pricing• Provides a precise ‘template’ for response• Download solicitation and all attachments• First document to read before solicitation – ‘Read
Me First’ document• Read the Solicitation
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RESPONDING TO A SOLICITATIONAdministrative
• Complete and submit Mandatory affirmations– ‘Pathway to Success’– ‘Readiness Assessment’
• Electronic Submission mandatory• If use of Consultant – must submit authorization• Updated registration and reps/certs in SAM• LB -- SB Subcontracting Plan with subk goals
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RESPONDING TO A SOLICITATIONAdministrative
• Vendor Information Document• Not required or desired– Brochures, newsletters – or other marketing materials– Elaborate artwork, expensive paper and bindings, etc– Bottom line – no ‘bells and whistles’
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RESPONDING TO A SOLICITATIONTechnical
• Technical proposal of four factors:– Corporate Experience – minimum 2 years – Project Experience – current; if expired,not beyond 2
years old – 2 projects (examples) per SIN– Past Performance – Open Ratings Inc.– Quality Control – firm’s capability; regardless of SINsALL NARRATIVES LINK WITH DESCRIPTION OF SERVICES
REQUESTED UNDER PART 1 OF SOLICITATION
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RESPONDING TO A SOLICITATIONTechnical
• Past Performance and Open Ratings Inc.– Go On Line and fill out Request form – 4-6 wks for eval
process– Provide customer contact info that have purchased from
your firm– Minimum of 5 required; up to 20 references– Evals older than 1 year – will cause rejection of Proposal– Valid for 1 year– Open Ratings at (727) 329-1184 or e-mail
ALL
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RESPONDING TO A SOLICITATIONPricing
• Entire concept is based upon obtaining Most Favored Customer (MFC) Pricing with same or similar terms and conditions
• GAO has asserted that negotiation objective for GSA MAS Contracts are to be based upon the best discount given any of the vendor’s customers
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RESPONDING TO A SOLICITATIONPricing
• Demonstration of MFC Pricing not based upon disclosed pricing by cost elements
• Based upon providing supporting documentation that asserts best pricing you given your most favored customer (aka – lowest pricing)
• Based upon Commercial Price List or Commercial Market Price